Pune, May 8 (IANS) After the controversy over the construction of a post-retirement home for President Pratibha Patil on defence land, an officer said Tuesday said effective steps would ... Read more...

New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Focused on youth and children, the biennial World Book Fair New Delhi, organized by the National Book Trust (NBT) concluded Sunday, after registering over 700,000 ... Read more...

New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Noted Urdu poet Waseem Barelvi has warned that information without knowledge was useless and that while the digitisation of Urdu literature was a positive step, ... Read more...

New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Delhi government Tuesday inked an agreement with the National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), Hyderabad, for digitisation of its archival records like gazettes, maps, ... Read more...

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) US investors are keen to help fund India's digital transformation, according to the US-India Business Council (USIBC), a major US trade advocacy group seeking better commercial ... Read more...

New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) 'Crossing Currents', a two-day conference, looked at how literary content was being produced, packaged, sold and consumed differently in the world of increasing digitisation ... Read more...

New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Indian government is planning to amend broadcasting rules with a view to fast-track complete digitisation of cable and satellite TV broadcast industry by 2014.The ... Read more...

New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The government Tuesday said the constitution of the National Commission on Libraries as recommended by the National Knowledge Commission is not necessary at this stage.Replying ... Read more...

New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center (RGCI) has signed an agreement with New Zealand's international healthcare IT provider Medtech Global for digitisation and ... Read more...

New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The National Archives of India has revamped two assistance schemes to include digitisation of archival photographs and prints like oleographs and lithographs in the rare ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) There are 33,826 unprotected monuments in India with Rajasthan leading the list, says the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).The findings come from the National Mission ... Read more...

New Delhi, Feb 28 (ANI): Terming the General Budget 2011-12 to be 'positive' and 'growth-oriented', the leaders of the Indian industry appeared pleasingly amazed with the unchanged excise rate in major ... Read more...

Sydney, Oct 13 (ANI): A new research has revealed that consumers inadvertently pass on their personal data like intimate photos and credit card numbers and pins to strangers when they discard mobile ... Read more...

London, June 3 (ANI): Sony has predicted that e-books will completely take over the print media in another five years."Within five years there will be more digital content sold than physical content. ... Read more...

Hyderabad, May 24 (IANS) Communications Minister A. Raja Monday said his ministry is aiming to make India a telecom manufacturing hub by facilitating various policies.
Addressing the inaugural session of the World Telecommunication ... Read more...

Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) The Chandigarh administration will digitise its property records in the next six months to bring more transparency and prevent red-tapism and corruption, an official said here Friday.
The finance ... Read more...

New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The culture ministry Wednesday said it could not set a timeline for implementing a recommendation on the development of libraries across different sectors in the country.
The National ... Read more...

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) The proposed Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, slated to be introduced in parliament this winter, needs to include provisions for easing land acquisition norms and digitising land records, ... Read more...

Havana, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Author Ernest Hemingway's personal documents, including letters and postcards that were preserved in his home in Cuba, are being digitised here.Ada Rosa Alfonso Rosales, director of ... Read more...

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Tourism Minister Ambika Soni Tuesday said no paintings were replaced with their fakes at the prestigious National Gallery of Modern Art and Lalit Kala Akademi. Informing the ... Read more...